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1    AN ACT concerning public health.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act is
5amended by adding Section 12.2 as follows:
 
6    (410 ILCS 620/12.2 new)
7    Sec. 12.2. Labeling; seafood.
8    (a) In this Section:
9        "Farm raised" means harvested in controlled
10    environments, whether ocean-ranched or penned, and
11    including harvested from leased beds that have been
12    subjected to production enhancements, such as providing
13    protection from predators, the addition of artificial
14    structures, or providing nutrients.
15        "Farm raised fish or shellfish" includes fillets,
16    steaks, nuggets, and any other flesh from farm raised fish
17    or shellfish.
18        "Market name" means the market name for any seafood
19    species identified in the Seafood List issued by the
20    federal Food and Drug Administration.
21        "Wild caught" means naturally born or
22    hatchery-originated and released in the wild, and caught,
23    taken, or harvested from non-controlled waters or beds.

 

 

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1        "Wild caught fish or shellfish" includes fillets,
2    steaks, nuggets, and any other flesh from a wild caught
3    fish or wild caught shellfish.
4    (b) Any label of fresh or frozen fish or shellfish, wild
5caught or farm raised, offered for sale at wholesale or retail
6shall clearly identify all of the following information:
7        (1) The species of fish or shellfish by its market
8    name.
9        (2) Whether the fish or shellfish was farm raised or
10    wild caught.
11        (3) Whether the fish or shellfish was caught
12    domestically or imported.
13        (4) The country of origin of the fish or shellfish.
14    (c) It shall constitute misbranding for any person to
15knowingly sell or offer for sale any fish or shellfish that is
16labeled in violation of subsection (b) of this Section. For the
17purposes of this subsection (c), knowledge shall be presumed if
18the person fails to provide sufficient product documentation
19that demonstrates the fish or shellfish was labeled in
20violation of subsection (b) of this Section when the person
21received the fish or shellfish. The presumption established
22under this subsection (c) is a presumption affecting the burden
23of proof.
24    (d) A retail food facility that sells or offers for sale
25any fresh or frozen fish or shellfish, wild caught or farm
26raised, shall identify and label the species of fish or

 

 

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1shellfish by its market name for the consumer at the point of
2sale, so that the consumer can make an informed purchase
3decision. It is unlawful for a retail food facility to
4knowingly misidentify or misbrand the species of fish or
5shellfish in violation of this subsection (d).
6    (e) A retail food facility that sells or offers for sale
7any fresh or frozen fish or shellfish, wild caught or farm
8raised, may not knowingly misidentify or misbrand either of the
9following:
10        (1) The country of origin of the fish or shellfish.
11        (2) Whether the fish or shellfish was farm raised or
12    wild caught.
13    For the purposes of this subsection (e), knowledge shall be
14presumed if the retail food facility fails to provide
15sufficient product documentation that demonstrates the fish or
16shellfish was identified and labeled in violation of this
17Section when the retail food facility received the fish or
18shellfish. The presumption established by this subsection (e)
19is a presumption affecting the burden of proof.
20    (f) A violation of this Section shall be punishable by a
21fine to be determined by rule by the Department of Public
22Health.
23    (g) This Section shall become operative 18 months after the
24effective date of this amendatory Act of the 99th General
25Assembly.